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Higgs-otic Inflation and String Theory
Luis E. Ibanez, Fernando Marchesano, Irene Valenzuela
We propose that inflation is driven by a (complex) neutral Higgs of the MSSM extension of the SM, in a chaotic-like inflation setting. The SUSY breaking soft term masses are of ord…
Special Points of Inflation in Flux Compactifications
Iñaki García-Etxebarria, Thomas W. Grimm, Irene Valenzuela
We study the realisation of axion inflation models in the complex structure moduli spaces of Calabi-Yau threefolds and fourfolds. The axions arise close to special points of these…
The Inflaton as a MSSM Higgs and Open String Modulus Monodromy Inflation
Luis E. Ibanez, Irene Valenzuela
It has been recently pointed out that the polarization BICEP2 results are consistent with the identification of an inflaton mass m \simeq 10^{13} GeV with the SUSY breaking scale i…
BICEP2, the Higgs Mass and the SUSY-breaking Scale
Luis E. Ibanez, Irene Valenzuela
Recent BICEP2 results on CMB polarisation B-modes suggest a high value for the inflation scale GeV, giving experimental evidence for a physical scale in…
Flux-induced Soft Terms on Type IIB/F-theory Matter Curves and Hypercharge Dependent Scalar Masses
Pablo G. Camara, Luis E. Ibanez, Irene Valenzuela
Closed string fluxes induce generically SUSY-breaking soft terms on supersymmetric type IIB orientifold compactifications with D3/D7 branes. This was studied in the past by inserti…